If you haven’t read them already, I found these particular articles helpful when teaching myself how to update a port: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/Upgrade https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/PatchLocal https://trac.macports.org/wiki/PortfileRecipes
> On Jan 29, 2025, at 5:57 AM, Maxim Abalenkov <maxim.abalen...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Dear all, > > How are you? I hope all is well with you. As some of you know a new version > of Perl came out recently (v5.40.1). The latest version available via > MacPorts is perl5.38 @5.38.2. I would like to contribute and help to provide > a port for the recent version of Perl. I’m sure there is a maintainer of Perl > port. I don’t want to create any interference or conflict, but would love to > give a helping hand. I don’t have any experience developing port files, but I > would be glad to learn. Can you please put me in touch with the current Perl > port maintainer and point me to documentation and examples of how to develop > fully functional port files. Thank you and have a wonderful day ahead! > > — > Best wishes, > Maxim > > Maxim Abalenkov \\ maxim.abalen...@gmail.com > +44 7 486 486 505 \\ www.maxim.abalenkov.uk
